Clothes-pin.



No. 823,839. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906 MQGHESNEY. CLOTHES PIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1905.

I-Ionolulu, Territo JESSE M. MOCHESNEY,

F HONOL U, TERRITORY: OF HAWAII. I

CLOTHES-PM.

' No. e2,e,sse.

To alt whom it may concern:

Be it known -that I, JESSE M. MoOnEsNnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at of Hawaii, have'invented certain. new-an useful Improvements in Clothes-Pins; and I do declare the following to be a full clear, and exact description of the 1 invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it a'ppertain's to make and use the same. a My invention relates to improvements in clothes-pins; and it consists in the. construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a clothes-pin embodying my .invention,'showin the same in use and attached to a clot es-line, the latter being shown in section; and Fig.2 is a similar view showing the clothes-pin in position for detachment from the line.

. The clothes-pin 1 comprises a pair of jaws 2, WhlCh are plvotally connected together or normally closed byasp' I 3 and are provided with lever-arms 4.

-othe arm4of one of the jaws is pivotally connected a bail 5,. y in the form here shown and 1s lprovlded with a hook 6, adapted to enwhich is preferab gage t e free end'of the opposite lever-arm so as to close the space, between them; 'ihe said hook enables the pinto be suspended I from a clothes-line,'here indicated'at'a, and 1t w1ll be understood that by the revision of bles the gin to be readily attached to "an ar-' the samefrom the'line, the

- the hook 6, againstwhich one .;o the leverbailisformed, referablarms closes, the pin is revented from becomhn v v In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 9.

mg. casually detach from the line. The of-a single'piece of own, to cm a pivot 7, a lineioop 8, and the hook or stop 6. The

' hangs from the line,

wire bent as s clothes-pm when in use and it will be understood that the bail enaticle for Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed April 6, 1905- Serial 1T0 2 54.188.

- Patented J ne 19, race.

article being clam ed'between the springpressed jaws 2. .c o detach the same from, the line, the jaws must be opened, thereby causing a space to be formed between the hook or stop 6 and the .free end of the lever,

vwhich closes against the same, the width of I the space being sufficient to enable the ball so to be disenga ed from the line. From the oregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the, construction and operation of the device will be readily understood without're- 5 5" quiring a more. extended explanation. I

Havmg thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is. Y v u I .The herein-described clothes-pin compris- 6c in the air of s rin ressed jaws, normally cl sed a lid each havl n g a lever-arm, the said lever-arms .bein normally pressed apart at their outer ends y-the action of the s rlng 1n clos' the jaws, and the bail 5 pivote to one' of sai lever-arms and having ts pivot 7 m a bearing in, extending through and at rlght a les to said arm, said pivot prevent ng angh far' movement of the bail excepltmg at right angles to the common plane oft minating in the downtumed 1portion 6 over-,v lap ing and bearing against t e outer side of the lever-arm opposite that to whichsa1d ball is pivoted, the said bail serving to suspend J the pin and the load carried thereby'from a elever- 1 1 .a'rms,- sa1d bail extending across and. arched i above the space between the lever-arms,- ter- 

